Improvement in trimmings



G. G. BATES. Trimmings.

No. 214,609. Patented April 22, 1879.

N.FETERS, PHGTQLITHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON, D C

UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE G. BATES, oEN'EW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN TRIMMINGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N0. 214,609, dated April22, 1879; application filed October 26, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE G. BATES, of the city, county, and State ofNew York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Trimmings orEdged Fabrics for Wearing Apparel, of which the following is adescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, formingpart of thisspeeification.

This invention consists in afabric composed of a main strip or bodyportion and one or more edgin gs of lace or other material, united tothe main strip by one or more interposed cords and an adhesive material.

Furthermore, the invention consists in a process of uniting edgings tofabrics by means of adhesive material and acord applied between thefabric and the edging.

By this invention I am enabled to produce an edged fabric of improvedappearance at less cost and in a much simpler and more expeditiousmanner than when the edgings are sewed to the main strip or body portionof the fabric.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l represents a plan of a piece ofdouble-edged fabric made in accordance with the invention, and as in thecourse of having the edgings secured to it. Fig. 2 is a longitudinalsection on the line 00 a; in Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is atransverse sectionon the line y y.

A represents the main strip or body portion of the fabric; and B B, laceedgings applied thereto, and united therewith by one or more interposedcords, C, and an adhesive material applied to cement said cord or cordsto the main strip or body portion of the fabric.

In manufacturing the article the main strip or body portion A, theedgings B, and the interposed cord or cords G are all arranged in properrelation with each other at one end of the fabric, and moved lengthwisein concert, the strip A preferably being moved through a main guide, DD, the edgings B B through independent side guides or Wings E E, and thecord or cords which unite, by the aid of the adhesive material, the mainstrip and edglngs together, made to pass through guideeyes F F; or theseveral parts of the fabric may be otherwise suitably guided to directthe edgings with the main strip by adhesive material through theinstrumentality of the cord or cords Gas, for instance, by passing saidcord or cords in their way to their interposed position between the mainstrip and its edgings through a bath of starch or adhesive material, andso cause said cords to become carriers of the adhesive material used tounite the edging with the body portion of the fabric.

In some kinds of goods which contain sufficient'starch to produce thenecessary adhesion of the edgings with the main strip or body portion ofthe fabric, the cord or cords 0, instead of passing through a bath ofadhesive material, may be passed through a bath of water, or beotherwise simply moistened, and so convey the necessary moisture to thestarched goods to produce the necessary adhesion of the edgings to themain strip.

In either case the cord or cords, combined with the adhesive material,serve to unite the edging or edgings with the main strip or body portionof the fabric, as said strip, edgings, and cord or cords are all fed ormoved in concert, and such forms a much simpler, cheaper, and moreexpeditious mode of attachment than the methods heretofore practiced,and produces a much more perfect result than could possibly be attainedby-the separate and direct application of adhesive material to the mainstrip or its edgings when fitting them together. I Furthermore, bypressingthe fabric after of the fabric, but also to give a much neaterappearance to the latter and hem-finish to the 2. The process of unitingedging t0 fabrics main strip or body portion of the goods, as by meansof adhesive material and a cord apshown in Fig. 1. plied between thefabric and the edging, es-

I claim sentially as described. 1. A fabric having one or more edgingsof GEO. G. BATES. lace or other material united by one or moreWitnesses: interposed cords and adhesive material, sub- HENRY T. BROWN,stantially as specified. T. J. KEANE.

